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    Making a huge increase in numbers?

    I’m based in Greater Manchester. We expanded from around 75 hives in 2020 to over 200 hives in 2021. The expansion was not easy. We didn’t want to split existing stock as we needed strong honey producing colonies to meet demand, so ended up buying in. We made the classic mistake of just buying...
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    Overwintered Nucs Available - Greater Manchester

    Hi Alison, Unfortunately I’m sold out of overwintered nucleus colonies. However, if you are based around GM I would be happy to signpost you to other beekeepers who may have bees available
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    How do you know when your area is being overpopulated with bees

    I don’t often comment, but I just want to point out that all the insecticides used by your neighbours are probably doing a much better job forcing out (killing) most of the other pollinators. I wouldn’t worry about your bees just yet. Perhaps I’m looking through my rose tinted (auto-corrected...
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    Pre-order Summer Nucs - Greater Manchester

    Hello all, Thank you to everyone who has ordered one of our Spring overwintered nucleus colonies. They will soon be ready for dispatch, as soon as the weather warms up! Following several enquiries, I'm now taking pre-orders for our summer nucs. I know that prices are getting silly this year...
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    Hobbies?

    It’s still a layer of complexity I don’t need in my life!:p
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    Hobbies?

    I’m loving how diverse everyone’s interests are. My hobbies tend to shift on a regular basis (I’m definitely not a master of anything and probably never will be): - Marine aquarium: as frustrating as beekeeping, but keeps me occupied in the colder months. - Shooting: both rifle and shotgun...
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    Overwintered Nucs Available - Greater Manchester

    Hello all, I hope you are all keeping well, especially during these challenging times. I will have several national nucleus colonies for sale from Spring. Each nucleus will have the following: Six complete frames, including stores, brood covering at least 4 frames, and a 2020 marked queen...
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    Healthy, Happy, 6 Frame B.S. Nuc for Sale

    Hello all, I will have several national nucleus colonies for sale from early June. Each nucleus will have the following: • Six complete frames from 2017/2018, including stores, brood covering at least 4 frames, and a 2017/18 marked queen. • The bees are locally reared in the Manchester area...
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    Late matings

    Hi beeno, I have never had much success with queens mated late in the year. If a queen has managed to mate in our wet and windy Peak District weather, I have found she is often superseded quickly or has a generally higher mortality rate than queens mated earlier. That's not to say it...
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    Drones everywhere

    Great rainbows of drones in my hives around Manchester as well. What's odd is I'm having a poor year getting queens properly mated. I would have thought the opposite would be true given the number of bulbous boys wandering around my hives.
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    Over-Supering vs. Under-Supering

    I was interested to read in the June issue of BBKA magazine that "research has shown that bees do not care what we decide to do" when it comes to supering our hives. I have always over-supered my hives. I find it quick, easy and less hassle that taking supers off to under-super. However, this...
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